diff --git a/defaults/linuxrc b/defaults/linuxrc
index 1b2f3c2..e059314 100755
--- a/defaults/linuxrc
+++ b/defaults/linuxrc
@@ -291,12 +291,13 @@ sdelay
 
 # Setup slow USB bits
 setup_slowusb
-# if doslowusb is passed, pause other 10 seconds
-[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
 
 # Start device manager
 start_dev_mgr
 
+# if doslowusb is passed, pause other 10 seconds here, after mdev load
+[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
+
 # Start iSCSI
 startiscsi